Haley Dresang, PhD – Slide of the Week
Language users rely on both linguistic and conceptual processing abilities to efficiently comprehend or produce language.
September 16, 2024
Leann Smith DaWalt, PhD – Slide of the Week
Autistic adults experience challenges in maintaining employment; however, little is known about patterns of competitive employment through late midlife. This longitudinal study examined the change in hours of competitive employment for a cohort of autistic adults over a 22-year period.
September 9, 2024
Rebecca Alper, PhD – Slide of the Week
Identifying modifiable sources of variability in early interaction quality is critical to determining intervention need, developing effective caregiver coaching, and improving outcomes.
August 16, 2024
Doug Dean III, PhD – Slide of the Week
Diffusion MRI (dMRI) is a widely used method to investigate the microstructure of the brain. Quality control (QC) of dMRI data is an important processing step that is performed prior to analysis using models such as diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) or neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging (NODDI).
August 12, 2024
Christopher Coe, PhD – Slide of the Week
Adversity during infancy can affect neurobehavioral development and perturb the maturation of physiological systems. Dysregulated immune and inflammatory responses contribute to many of the later effects on health.
August 5, 2024
Andrew McVea, MS, (Christian Lab) – Slide of the Week
Earlier beta-amyloid (Aβ) plaque accumulation and a higher prevalence of Alzheimer’s Disease is seen in the Down syndrome (DS) population due to the triplication of chromosome 21 containing the amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene.
July 26, 2024
Anita Bhattacharyya, PhD – Slide of the Week
Formation of synapses, the connections among nerve cells, is a critical process in brain development.
July 22, 2024
Carlos Benítez-Barrera, PhD – Slide of the Week
The neural correlates of predictive processing in language, critical for efficient sentence comprehension, is well documented in adults.
July 15, 2024
Andrew Alexander, PhD – Slide of the Week
This investigation explores memory performance using the California Verbal Learning Test in relation to morphometric and connectivity measures of the memory network in severe traumatic brain injury.
July 7, 2024
Erik W. Dent, PhD – Slide of the Week
Dendritic spines, the mushroom-shaped extensions along dendritic shafts of excitatory neurons, are critical for synaptic function and are one of the first neuronal structures disrupted in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases.
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